Last Frost Day

Frost history / Clarion 3 Sw, PA

Clarion 3 Sw, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00361485, 1951 to 2013, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,040 ft, 41.192, -79.436. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 18Oct 2
EarliestApr 28 (1975)Aug 28 (1982)
LatestJun 14 (1978)Nov 4 (1971)
Trend2.5 days earlier per decade3.2 days later per decade
Years with data5560

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 6 and the median first fall date is Oct 19.

The trend is a straight-line fit through the years with a freeze. A positive spring trend means the last frost now comes later. Short or patchy records give noisy trends.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 291960197019801990200020101951: May 141952: May 301953: May 291954: May 261955: May 211956: May 261957: May 171958: Jun 71959: May 161960: May 41961: May 311962: May 101963: May 241964: May 301966: Jun 21968: May 71969: May 151970: May 181971: May 281972: Jun 111974: May 81975: Apr 281976: May 201977: Jun 81978: Jun 141979: May 51981: May 201982: May 101983: Jun 21984: Jun 21985: May 191986: May 41987: May 161988: May 21989: May 281992: May 271993: Apr 281995: May 91996: May 151997: May 241998: Apr 291999: Apr 282000: Apr 302001: May 312002: May 242003: Apr 282004: May 72005: May 182006: May 92008: May 62009: May 202010: May 112011: May 62012: Apr 302013: May 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Sep 291952: Sep 251953: Sep 141954: Sep 241955: Oct 31956: Sep 211957: Sep 271958: Oct 21959: Sep 171960: Oct 11962: Sep 201963: Sep 221964: Sep 131965: Sep 281966: Sep 161967: Sep 251968: Oct 51969: Sep 291970: Oct 171971: Nov 41972: Sep 101973: Sep 131974: Sep 241975: Oct 31976: Oct 111977: Oct 141978: Oct 171979: Oct 131980: Oct 141981: Sep 241982: Aug 281983: Sep 221984: Sep 201985: Oct 71986: Sep 81987: Sep 261988: Oct 141989: Sep 241990: Sep 171991: Oct 81992: Oct 11995: Oct 171996: Oct 41997: Oct 21998: Sep 251999: Sep 232000: Oct 82001: Oct 82002: Oct 152003: Oct 32004: Oct 62005: Oct 292006: Oct 132007: Oct 142008: Oct 72009: Oct 142010: Oct 132011: Oct 232012: Oct 92013: Oct 25

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2013May 26Oct 25Apr 22Oct 26
2012Apr 30Oct 9Apr 30Oct 13
2011May 6Oct 23Apr 7Oct 30
2010May 11Oct 13May 11Oct 30
2009May 20Oct 14May 18Oct 19
2008May 6Oct 7Apr 17Oct 19
2007no dataOct 14no dataOct 30
2006May 9Oct 13Apr 27Oct 15
2005May 18Oct 29May 6Oct 30
2004May 7Oct 6May 5Nov 10
2003Apr 28Oct 3Apr 25Oct 30
2002May 24Oct 15May 23Oct 30
2001May 31Oct 8Apr 30Oct 8
2000Apr 30Oct 8Apr 14Oct 28
1999Apr 28Sep 23Apr 26Oct 28
1998Apr 29Sep 25Apr 13Nov 3
1997May 24Oct 2May 8Oct 22
1996May 15Oct 4May 15Nov 2
1995May 9Oct 17Apr 26Nov 5
1993Apr 28no dataApr 27no data
1992May 27Oct 1Apr 29Oct 18
1991no dataOct 8no dataOct 21
1990no dataSep 17no dataOct 27
1989May 28Sep 24May 4Sep 27
1988May 2Oct 14Apr 26Oct 14
1987May 16Sep 26May 9Oct 4
1986May 4Sep 8May 4Oct 9
1985May 19Oct 7Apr 17Oct 17
1984Jun 2Sep 20May 17Nov 3
1983Jun 2Sep 22Jun 2Sep 23
1982May 10Aug 28Apr 29Oct 18
1981May 20Sep 24May 7Oct 17
1980no dataOct 14no dataOct 23
1979May 5Oct 13May 2Oct 27
1978Jun 14Oct 17Jun 14Oct 25
1977Jun 8Oct 14Jun 8Oct 14
1976May 20Oct 11May 9Oct 18
1975Apr 28Oct 3Apr 27Oct 31
1974May 8Sep 24May 8Oct 2
1973no dataSep 13no dataOct 22
1972Jun 11Sep 10Apr 28Oct 9
1971May 28Nov 4May 14Nov 4
1970May 18Oct 17May 18Oct 17
1969May 15Sep 29May 1Oct 15
1968May 7Oct 5May 7Oct 30
1967no dataSep 25no dataOct 20
1966Jun 2Sep 16Jun 1Oct 7
1965no dataSep 28no dataOct 5
1964May 30Sep 13Apr 25Oct 6
1963May 24Sep 22May 24Sep 24
1962May 10Sep 20May 10Oct 25
1961May 31no dataMay 30no data
1960May 4Oct 1May 2Oct 22
1959May 16Sep 17May 16Sep 17
1958Jun 7Oct 2May 21Oct 2
1957May 17Sep 27May 6Sep 27
1956May 26Sep 21May 25Oct 10
1955May 21Oct 3May 18Oct 22
1954May 26Sep 24May 21Oct 7
1953May 29Sep 14Apr 24Oct 8
1952May 30Sep 25May 4Oct 3
1951May 14Sep 29May 14Sep 30

"none" means the station recorded no freeze at that threshold in that half of the year. "no data" means more than 10% of the season's daily readings were missing. Years with no usable data are left out. See the methodology for the rules, and the ZIP lookup for 1991 to 2020 frost probabilities.